Java with AI Developer

Job Title:Java with AI Developer

Location: Arlington, Virginia

Duration: 6 Months + Extension

Bill Rate: $88-$90/hour

Job Type: W-2 Contract

Client: To Be Discussed Later

Work Authorization: U.S. Citizen, H-1B, OPT-EAD, GC-EAD

Required Qualifications

• 6+ years of professional software engineering experience
  You ve shipped real production features and understand reliability, maintainability, and operational quality.
• Demonstrated curiosity in AI/agentic systems
  You ve built with LLMs or agents (work project, side project, hackathon, or personal experiment). We care about practical exploration and what you learned.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals
  Solid understanding of:
• Distributed systems basics
• API design and integration
• Cloud infrastructure (preferably AWS)
• Code quality and system design principles

Technology Stack

• Backend:Java, Spring Boot microservices
• Cloud:AWS (Lambda, SQS, SNS, IAM, CloudWatch)
• AI/Agentic Stack:
  • AWS Bedrock and AgentCore
  • MCP for tool integration
  • RAG pipelines with vector and graph-based retrieval
  • LLM-as-judge evaluation workflows
• Additional languages/tools at the edges:Python, Go
• Experience with multiple LLM APIs or agent frameworks
• Working proficiency in Python or Go
• POCs using AI for coding, automation, or data workflows
• Contributions to open-source AI/ML tooling

Roles and Responsibilities

• Build agentic features, hands-on
  Partner with senior engineers to design and ship AI-powered remediation capabilities, including:
• Agent workflows
• Retrieval pipelines
• Evaluation loops
• Write production code daily
  Develop and maintain Java/Spring Boot microservices and AI integrations running on AWS.
• Own the full lifecycle
  Contribute from design doc to production release instrumented, monitored, and continuously improved based on real usage and feedback.
• Bring fresh technical perspective
  Apply up-to-date knowledge of models, frameworks, and techniques to influence architecture and implementation decisions.
• Grow through mentorship and ownership
  Work directly with experienced engineers who will challenge your technical depth and support increasing ownership over time.
  Equal Opportunity Employer:
  We are an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, citizenship/ immigration status, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.